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The Passenger Department of 

The Western Pacific 

Railway 

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Copyright 1911 

By Western Pacific Railway Company 







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THE question of where to go 
when summer is here has al- 
ways been a perplexing one to 
the residents or the Pacific Coast. 
Those who live on the equable sea- 
board long for the mountains, where 
it is warm enough for comfort yet 
cool enough to be bracing; the people 
of the valleys crave the scent of the 
pines and the invigoration of high 
altitudes. 

The answer has been given by the 
Western Pacific Railway — The 
Golden Feather River Route. Tra- 
versing a country that seems to have 
nature for the summer playground 
ar western states, it opens 





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up a territory every mile of 
which is filled with ideal 
vacation possibilities. Rich in 
the natural beauties wbicb tbe 
pleasure - seeker demands, the 
new railroad over tbe Sierras 
passes through a stretcb of sum- 
merland far more magnificent 
tban any of tbe otber wonders 
to be seen on tbe journey to Salt 
Lake City and tbe east. Yield- 
ing in scenic grandeur to no otber 
gorge, tbe Featber River Canyon 
justifies tbe Western Pacific as 
tbe world' s pictorial line. Tbe traveler requires an unlimited supply of 
enthusiasm for a trip over tbis route. From tbe milder beauties of Niles 
Canyon, and tbe fruitful, sun-kissed valleys of Liver more, San Joaquin and 




GOLD LAKE NEAR BLAIRSDEN 
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WESTERN PACIFIC LINE IN FEATHER RIVER CANYON 



called the 'maze of 
myriad marvels. It is 
impossible to find, the 
world over, another 
such royal gorge a hun- 
dred miles long. 

The summit or the 
Sierras is crossed at 
Beckwith Pass. Be- 
yond it to the east, lies 
an interesting landscape 
of hill-country and 
plain, hut none to 
compare w it n the 
majestic forests, sheer 
crags and thundering 
cataracts or the Fe? .tier 
River Canyon. 

Only yesterday this 
wonderland woven 
with the witchery of 
the -west was compar- 
atively unknown. The 
Western 'Pacific was 
not opened for passenger 
traffic until August. 
1910. The world is 



Sacramento, up to the unrivalled 
splendor of the Feather River 
Canyon, every adjective, every 
exclamation of delight, are called 
into play at the superb panorama. 

Leading to the Golden Feather 
River Canyon, the road from 
Oakland takes a southeasterly 
direction, strikes a zig-zag east 
through Pleasanton, Livermore 
and Lathrop and runs due north 
through Stockton, Sacramento, 
Marysville and Oroville to the 
entrance or the canyon, -where it 
winds in and out in a northly 
and easterly direction through 
the Sierras into Nevada. Not 
without reason has the run from 
Oroville to Beckwith been 




now learning of this 
chasm in the Sierras, 
and it will soon become 
as cosmopolitan as the 
most popular summer 
resorts m the mountain 
countries of Europe. 
Everyone who visits the 
Canyon falls a victim to 
the mountain s many 
moods. To he appre- 
ciated it must he seen, 
as the most vivid 
imagination cannot paint 
a picture of this ' maze 
of myriad marvels. 

Viewed from the 
ohservation car or the 
Western 'Pacific it is 
wonderful. As a place 
oi rest where the music 
or its many murmurmgs, 
the pure,pmey air cooled 
hy the snows or the 
High Sierras, and the 
grandeur or the prime- 
val soothe the revered 





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soul and hody, it is suhlime. 
The strong features of 
this region as a summerland 
are its proximity to San 
Francisco — it is distant, hut 
a night s journey — and the 
temperate climate. The 
thermometer rarely rises 
ahove ninety degrees, which 
is not high enough to enervate 
the people who are used to 
cool sea hreezes, and, in the 
summer months, never 
descends below seventy-five 
in the daytime and sixty at 
night, thus affording a touch 
of warmer weather than the 
seaboard. 






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W. P. STATION AT STOCKTON ON OPENING DAY 



Leaving San Francisco and Oaklai 
makes a southeasterly sweep through fei 
sides. No matter what the time or y 
'Pacific are of a comfortable tempei 
perfect ; in summer the air is cooled by 
steam heated; there are no cinders; tl 
courteous. It is, indeed, the road or pe 
before the salt breezes from the ocean gi 
of the valleys, while these, in turn, a 
breath of the mountains. 

It must not be misunderstood thai 
Western 'Pacific is confined to the ride 
Canyon. The country traversed to th 
replete with interest, but the seeker of 1 
in the majesty of the mountains and not 

Soon the train turns north. The 1 
car and watches the country slip away. 
is punctuated by stops at pretty little 
gay with life. There is a jolly hustle 
are bound for the Golden Feather Ri 
that it is the ideal place for an outing. 



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l the morning, the train 
valleys and wooded hill- 
the cars of the Western 
•e. The ventilation is 
trie Tans, in winter it is 
rainmen and porters are 
: service. It is not long 
ace to the warmer winds 
uperseded hy the halmy 

e scenic heauty of the 
•ough the Feather River 
st and southwest or it is 
ublime finds his Arcadia 
acid valleys. 

st sits in the observation 

•om time to time the ride 

ions. The platform* are 

hustle, for many people 

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Through Stockton and Sacra- 
mento, the flight is still to the north 
towards Marysville. It passes 
through a lazy summerland, a 
country checkerhoarded with gold- 
en gram and green alfalfa, with 
wide sweeps o f orchards, hop- 
farms and vineyards threaded hy 
silvery streams. Leaving Marys 
ville, the hroad, smiling valley of 
the Sacramento grows narrower, 
as the foothills begin to close in around it; orange groves clamher ambitiously 
up the lower slopes ; along the banks of the Feather River the dredgers 



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are at work silting the golden 
sands ; the tram 6tops at Oroville; 
the gateway of the mining country. 
It is then, as the train glides along 
without a perceptible ]ar, that the 
traveler may sit back m his easy 
chair and reflect upon the muta- 
tions of time. But a short while 
ago the Golden Feather River 
Canyon was obscure and prac- 
tically unheeded up in the recesses 
or a faraway world. Now it is within easy access by a railroad that oilers 
every comfort and convenience. The world is beginning to recognize the 




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WESTERN PACIFIC STATION AT SACRAMENTO 




WESTERN PACIFIC 

phenomenal grandeur of the 
gorge, and it will not be long 
before its mention at dinner in 
New York, Paris, Berlin or 
Vienna will need no explana- 
tion as to where it is or what 
beauties render its fame world- 
wide. 

In imagination, along the 
broken trails may be seen the 
hardy pioneers penetrating the 
mountain fastnesses in search or 
gold. Their mild-eyed oxen 
plod patiently along; their un- 
complaining and undaunted wives gaze 
from beneath their canvas coverings ; chil- 
dren play about the wagons, the girls 
picking strange posies of a new wonderland, 
the boys driving the straying ponies back 
upon the trail. Here the placer miners, 
those advance guards of civilization, took 
millions with pan and cradle from the roots 
of the grass, making possible their dreams 
of an empire. How much is owed to them 
will never be realized. The traveler, in 
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ORGAN'S BAR, ON FEATHER RIVER 



deeds, should pay them a tribute 
ox memory. 

Oroville, twenty - six miles 
from Marysville, Las an alti- 
tude of two hundred ana two 
feet. Here is begun the glorious 
journey to Beckwith Pass, a 
climb of four thousand feet. 
This part oi the road is consid- 
ered the engineering feat of the 
twentieth century. It crosses 
the Sierras at an elevation of 
two thousand feet less than any 
other railway, with an estab- 
lished grade of one per cent, making it the 
most desirable of all transcontinental lines. 
Only the engineer or railroad man can appre- 
ciate what an achievement this is, but the 
traveler can understand what it means in the 
way of absolute comfort. 

The lure that leads the pleasure-seeker is 
not a golden one. To escape from the heat 
of summer to revel in the mountains, to fish, 
to hunt, to idle, to store up energy and 
vitality for the autumn, perhaps to restore 







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REVERSE CURVE STEEL BRIDGE AT BIG BAR, FEATHER CANYON 



is the principle of suc- 
cess. The beauty 01 this 
newly opened country 
makes it a true play- 
ground ior the people 
or the lowlands. On 
every side nature reaches 
down to take man away 




health, shatterd by a 
shock o r worn away 
by the incessant grind — 
all these are possible in 
the Golden Feather River 
Canyon, that " maze oi 
myriad marvels." To 
work when there s work, 
to play when there's play. 




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FEATHER RIVER CANYON ON LINE OF WESTERN PACIFIC RAILWAY 



from himself. He is here 
to play ana he must play. 
There is no room for 
thoughts of business ; his 
cares take flight ; the bur- 
dens drop from his shoul- 
ders; "the peace that 
passeth perfect under- 





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standing," horn of the 
essence of the majestic 
mountains, takes posses- 
sion of hfis soul. The 
heritage of rest is his.*! 



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WESTERN PACIFIC 

General Office, Mills Bldg San Francisco, Cal. 

New York Office 165 Broadway 

Edward T. Jeffery, President New York City 

Charles H. Schlacks, First Vice- President San Francisco 

C. M. Levey, Second Vice-President and General Manager San Francisco 

F. W. M. Cutcheon, General Counsel 24 Broad St., V Y. City 

Warren Olney, Jr., General Attorney San Francisco 

W. G. Bruen, Secretary San Francisco 

L. R. Bush, Assistant Secretary New York City 

Charles Elsey, Treasurer San Francisco 

J. F. Evans, General Auditor . San Francisco 

T. W. Huntington, Chief Surgeon San Francisco 

OPERATING DEPARTMENT 

C. M. Levey, Second Vice-President and General Manager San Francisco 

T. J. Wyche, Chief Engineer San Francisco 

J. E. O'Brien, Superintendent Motive Power San Francisco 

E. W. Mason, Car Accountant and Superintendent Telegraph San Francisco 

J. W. Mulhern, Superintendent Sacramento 

R. M. Ogilvie, Superintendent Elko, Ne\ . 

W. T. Jacobs, Purchasing Agent San Francisco 

J. T. Gardner, Supply Agent Oakland 

Adam Darling, Claim Agent San Francisco 

Clyde Opelt, Superintendent of Dining Car and Hotel Departments Oakland, Cal. 

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT 

PASSENGER 

E. L. Lomax, Passenger Traffic Manager San Francisco 

G. F. Herr, Assistant General Passenger Agent San Francisco 

J. H. Pearman, District Passenger Agent San Francisco 

C. R. Miller, General Baggage Agent San. Francisco 

FREIGHT 

H. M. Adams, Freight Traffic Manager San Francisco 

W. J. Shotwell, Assistant General Freight Agent San Francisco 

S. V. Derrah, Assistant General Freight Agent Salt Lake City, I t ah 

J. D. Mansfield, Freight Claim Agent San Francisco 

GENERAL AND TRAVELING AGENTS 

John T. Bowe, General Agent 234 South Clark Street. Chicago, III. 

R. J. Van Dyke, T. P. A 234 South Clark Street. Chicago, III. 

H. E. Fairweather, T. F. A 234 South Clark Street. Chicago, 111. 

J. E. Clark, General Agent 409 Traction Building, Cincinnati. O. 

0. P. Applegate, T. F. & P. A 200 Majestic Building. Detroit, Mich. 

T. F. Brosnahan, Commercial Agent Fresno, Cal. 

H. V. Luyster, General Agent. . 210 Scarritt Arcade Bldg.. 817 Walnut Street, Kansas Citv. Mo. 
C. P. Ensign, General Agent 532 South Spring Street. Los Angeles, Cal. 

F. R. Kane, T. P. A 532 South Spring Street. Los Angeles, Cal. 

R. C. Nichol, General Agent 1432 Broadway, Now York City 

Eugene Lovenberg, T. P. A 299 Broadway, New York City 

W. B. Townsend, D. F. & P. A 1168 Broadway, Oakland, Gal 

F. L. Feaki.s, General Agent 219 South 14th Street. Omaha. Neb. 

Jas. T. Nelson, General Agent 412 Park Building. Pittsburg. I\. 

J. C. Havely, D. F. & P. A 1000 K Street, Sacramento. Cal 

1. A. Benton, General Agent. Passenger Department Judge Building. Salt Fake City, I'tah 

W. H. Davenport, General Agent 665 Market Street, Palace Hotel Building. San Francisco 

J. H. Pearman, D. P. A 665 Market Street, Palace Hotel Building. San Francisco, Cal. 

„ °»; Patfon, T. F. & P. A 42 K Santa Clara Street. San Jose, Cal. 

H * J' H° ,mes . T. P. A Stockton, Cal. 

J. E. Courtney, General Agent. . . 923 Pierce Building. St. Louis, Mo. 

J. L. Hohl, T. F. & PA T% . |V <\ <Y .M 923 Pierce Building. St. Louis. Mo. 

C. Lacy Goodrich, General Orier|jJl Affn &. .&, ."T Yokohama, Japan 



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